Todd Phillips Interview - War Dogs

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War Dogs director Todd Phillips addresses his latest film and the real life characters it's based on, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, as well as how his central actors Miles Teller and Jonah Hill embody them on screen. He discusses the difference between making a documentary versus a movie based on true events, and how he was able to color the story to make it as appealing and interesting as possible, all the while staying faithful to the facts. He touches on how his actors developed their characters, the exciting process of working with a story that is both dramatic and comedic, and how traveling to different countries and shooting on location is his favorite part of being a director (he and his team filmed War Dogs in five different countries!